Chapter 221

The box office for the first day was 30 million.

The box office for the second day was 28 million.

The box office for the third day was 30 million.

The box office for the fourth day was 91.01 million.

On the seventh day, the daily box office was directly over 100 million!

There was no win-win situation in the world. A literary movie was easy to win awards but the things they wanted to express were usually more obscure. They often used artistic methods, montage techniques, empty lens and other ways to express the directors profound meaning.

Therefore, no matter how high the world of mouth of a literary movie, it still made less money than a commercial movie.

However, everyone couldnt believe what Midnight Singing achieved.

After seven days, a total box office of 570 million! It was because the box office for the first two days wasnt high, leading to this number. Since the seventh day at the box office, Midnight Singing received more than 100 million yuan a day. On the 10th day, it even got a terrifying 190 million!

28 days after the end of the global release period, Midnight Singing perfectly ended with a total box office of 4.1 billion, the second highest grossing literary movie in the world. The first was a movie by a Best Male Actor winner in the last century. It told the story of a poor mountainous region and wasnt as heroic as Ye Xiangchan.

The people who saw Midnight Singing were full of praise.

Xiao Biqings acting was unquestionable. Her interpretation of a singer who had no less n.o.ble sentiments than anyone else. In her final torture, her singing and expression touched countless people, making the audience burst into tears.

Ming Yus part in the movie wasnt much. After all, it was a female heroine drama and he was just the male protagonist in name. But once Douban published the audience score and movie review, many critics mentioned Ming Yus name with a lot of emotions and admiration.

In fact, compared to Xiao Biqing, Ming Yus performance is really a lot worse but it reached an average level in this movie. I criticized Ming Yus acting two years ago. I thought he was a cancer of the entertainment industry. HIs acting was really empty and boring, containing no soul.

Now I have to admit that Ming Yu made Ye Yang a living person. He is flesh and blood, with a strength that wasnt defeated by the war. Ye Yangs character had no name in history. The reason why Midnight Singing gave Ye Xiangchan a younger brother and also gave him the name Yang was to hope that this person could spread suns.h.i.+ne

Yes, his acting wasnt the best but there was definitely progress.

This was the evaluation of Ming Yu by a film critic.

A large number of critics protested when Ming Yu was nominated for Best Newcomer by the Golden Bear Awards. In their hearts, Ming Yu only had a few scenes that could be considered good. How could he be nominated for Best Newcomer?

This dog p.o.o.p was too strong!

The global box office of An Li was too strong and no good newcomers appeared. How else could Ming Yu be nominated and the movie industry harmed?

This time, their att.i.tudes towards Ming Yu changed once Midnight Singing came out. To be able to improve his acting to this level, as least Ming Yu put a lot of thought into it. They didnt know that Ming Yu only gained enlightenment during the process of filming An Li.

Therefore, Ming Yus performance could only be regarded as barely pa.s.sable in An Li. But some shots were so good that even Xu Yizong praised him.

Today, Ming Yu had the global endors.e.m.e.nt of a top global luxury brand, the endors.e.m.e.nt of several top Huaxia brands, partic.i.p.ated in countless high-end shows as the opening and finale models and filmed several ads. All of them were well received, while he appeared on the covers of the worlds top five magazines and Huaxias eight major first-tier magazines.

In addition, there was An Li with a total box office of 18.6 billion and Midnight Singing with a total box office of 4.1 billion.

This all-rounder development made Ming Yus name truly world-renowned. Many fans and fas.h.i.+on enthusiasts started to focus on the world supermodel rankings in December.

In the world supermodel rankings released in September, Xi Ze was still ranked first as most people thought and Ming Yu was ranked second.

There was no change in the top 10 of the mens rankings. On the womens list, Cecilia overtook Adenes, making Cecilia first, Adenes second, He Chaoman third and Du Ruo fourth.

However, Adenes was quite happy about this result. In an interview, he said, Dont look at my ranking as going down. Dont you see that I am closer to He Chaoman? Second and third! Isnt this great?

The reporter,

Of course, the September rankings had long pa.s.sed and the December list was coming soon.

This time, in addition to accepting the invitations of top luxury brands such as Rosalind, Otilla, Yizhi and Garcia, he also appeared in the November Edith issue. A column was published to introduce Ming Yus situation and arranged an interview.

Since the creation of Edith, only 13 people have received this treatment. The last person was Xi Ze. Even Adenes wasnt eligible for the cover+column+interview treatment.

These achievements combined with the box office of Midnight Singing, wasnt this already a huge score? Midnight Singing was also nominated for Best Movie, Best Director and Best Actress at the golden awards.

Could such fearful achievements defeat Xi Ze?

On December 4th, the World Supermodels Organization announced the new rankings on their official website. It was released extremely easily as the list was calmly put up.

The worlds male supermodel rankings:

Xi Ze, Ming Yu, Kelson Eddie, Luo Cheng, Harriman Owen

Second place!

It was the second place!

So many achievements still couldnt surpa.s.s Xi Ze!

At this point, many fas.h.i.+on finally realized the powerlessness of Adenes these past years.

The chief designer of Ji and Ya and the G.o.dfather of the fas.h.i.+on industry, countless models, designers, photographers and magazine editors wanted to grab his thigh and have a relations.h.i.+p with him. If they did, their future in the fas.h.i.+on world would be absolutely smooth!

Why was this man able to raise He Chaoman and Luo Cheng?

It was because his position was far higher than these people.

Xi Zes strength was obvious to all. Even if he was away for two years, his performance in the fas.h.i.+on show was no worse than Ming Yu. Some fas.h.i.+on critics even thought that Xi Zes momentum and expressiveness was a bit stronger than Ming Yu.

This was a designers advantage. The clothing was designed by Xi Ze and he naturally knew what he wanted to express.

Wasnt it really hard to overcome such a gap?

How much difference was there between Xi Ze and Adenes? Had Ming Yu already surpa.s.sed the former Adenes or would he be like Adenes in the future, unable to go further unless Xi Ze retired?

In the face of such strong achievements, there was no room for concessions, even if they were a couple.

Previously, Xi Ze announced that he wasnt retiring yet. In fact, on the surface, he was competing with his lover to be the first ranked supermodel in the world. However, this was a type of protection for Ming Yu.

Ming Yu said on Weibo: You agreed to wait for me. What did this sentence mean?

It meant: Wait for me to surpa.s.s you!

Lets a.s.sume that Xi Ze retired from the supermodel world before Ming Yu surpa.s.sed him. Then even if Ming Yu became first, many people would privately say, In fact, Ming Yu is worse than Xi Ze. Didnt he only get first because Xi Ze retired?

Many people chose to retire at their peak.

Whether it was a movie emperor or a G.o.dly singer, it was the same in the entertainment industry and the fas.h.i.+on industry. If Xi Ze retired now, many people who mentioned him would feel, In the years when Xi Ze was in the industry, he really deserved first place.

Now he chose not to retire because he was clearly waiting for his lover to surpa.s.s him!

Compared to giving away first place, this waiting for you to surpa.s.s me, willingly paving the way for you showed a deep love.

After the rankings were released, fans around the world sighed with regret. They probably guessed that their G.o.d Xi wouldnt retire until Ming Yu surpa.s.sed him. This type of feeling was very complicated. On the other hand, they hoped that their G.o.d could leave this industry in the glorious first position, making them feel that the G.o.d they like is really great.

All types of feelings condensed into one sentence.

This bowl of dog food, I cant eat it yet!

Before the new year arrived, something happened that caused discussion in Huaxia. Huaxias same-s.e.x marriage law had finally pa.s.sed the review and would be legal from January 1st, 2019!